Restructuring
Design and execute restructuring pathways that protect value, improve balance sheet resilience, and preserve strategic flexibility.
Special Situations Advice and Capital
Bespoke Solutions for Complex, Time-Sensitive Capital Structure Challenges
Barson Advisory develops and executes practical strategies for companies, boards, and investors facing distressed or special situations where transaction structure and stakeholder alignment determine enterprise outcomes.
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Services Overview
Core restructuring, governance, and transaction capabilities.
Board and Governance Advisory
Independent board support through strategic inflection points.
Independent Fiduciary Services
Interim leadership and controlled transition assignments.
Out-of-Court Restructuring Guide
Practical roadmap for distressed and special situations.
Capabilities
Advisory Capabilities
Capabilities are tailored to each engagement rather than forced into a standard playbook.
Distressed M&A
Support strategic acquirers and counterparties through distressed diligence, deal mechanics, and post-close integration planning.
Liability Management
Develop liability management alternatives aligned to stakeholder dynamics, maturity profile, and execution risk.
Specialty Capital Structure Solutions
Evaluate creative transaction structures across the capital stack to shorten decision cycles and improve path-to-close certainty.
Execution Model
Special Situations Execution Model
Mandates are run with urgency, analytical discipline, and focused counterpart negotiation sequencing.
Situation Triage
Identify critical liquidity constraints, stakeholder leverage, and immediate value inflection points.
Strategic Alternative Structuring
Build executable pathways across refinancing, liability management, asset strategy, and recapitalization options.
Stakeholder Negotiation Strategy
Align counterparties through targeted communications, leverage analysis, and practical concession architecture.
Transaction Implementation
Execute chosen strategy with governance controls, milestone tracking, and post-close stabilization planning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Special Situations FAQ
Answers to common questions from management teams, boards, and investors.
What qualifies as a special situations advisory mandate?
Special situations mandates typically involve stressed liquidity, over-leverage, stakeholder conflict, execution uncertainty, or time-sensitive strategic alternatives requiring bespoke solutions.
How quickly can an engagement begin?
Engagement launch can begin quickly after scope alignment and conflict checks, with an immediate triage phase focused on liquidity, covenants, creditor, and governance priorities.
Do you only work in insolvency proceedings?
No. A central focus is designing out-of-court alternatives that preserve optionality and reduce value leakage, while still preparing for formal proceedings if required.
Can you coordinate with legal and other advisors?
Yes. Barson Advisory works alongside legal counsel and other specialists to maintain a coordinated process, clear workstreams, and unified stakeholder communications.